No. 8 Houston Texans | |||||||||||||
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Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Date of birth: | August 21, 1981 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Charlottesville (VA) Albemarle | ||||||||||||
College: | Maryland | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2005 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2016 | |||||||||||||
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Field goals made: | 173 |
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Field goals attempted: | 209 |
Field goal %: | 82.8 |
Longest field goal: | 53 |
Extra points: | 239 / 245 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Nicholas Ryan Novak (born August 21, 1981) is an American football placekicker for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Maryland.
Novak has played for the Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals, San Diego Chargers, Kansas City Chiefs, and New York Jets of the NFL, as well as the Cologne Centurions and Florida Tuskers of the United Football League (UFL).
Novak was born and grew up in San Diego, California. After moving to Charlottesville, Virginia in 1994, Novak attended Albemarle High School where he was a letterman in football and soccer. In football, he was a three-year varsity letterman, twice garnering All-District and All-Daily Progress honors, and winning All-State honors following his sophomore and senior seasons. Novak was also a central defender on Albemarle's soccer team.